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EBSCO Releases Social Work Reference Center™ Bringing Evidence-Based Information to Social Workers

posted by LMcEvoy
on Thu, 05/02/2013 - 11:13

Social Work Reference Center is a new evidence-based point-of-care resource available from EBSCO. It is geared for a wide-range of health professionals and is designed to provide the most current evidence for patient care.

EBSCO Releases Social Work Reference Center™ Bringing Evidence-Based Information to Social Workers
~ Latest Evidence-Based Information for Clinical Practice,
Education and Research at the Point-of-Care ~

IPSWICH, Mass. / BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — May 2, 2013 — Social Work Reference Center™ (SWRC), a resource designed specifically for clinical practice, education and research, is the latest addition to the point-of-care product line from EBSCO. Social Work Reference Center is a comprehensive reference tool that provides evidence-based information to social workers and other mental health professionals directly at the point-of-care.

Designed to increase the speed and accuracy of decisions and provide the most current evidence for patient care, Social Work Reference Center, will appeal to hospital and healthcare providers, corporate provider networks, religious and nonprofit organizations, government agencies, school agencies and institutions that provide social services education programs.

The evidence-based information provided by Social Work Reference Center stems from a seven-step evidence-based methodology to systematically identify and critically appraise all clinical content. Literature surveillance occurs daily and topics are updated as evidence changes.

About EBSCO
EBSCO is the leading provider of resources for libraries including EBSCONET®, EBSCO’s total e-resource management system, and EBSCOhost®, the world's premier for-fee online research service, including full-text databases, subject indexes, point-of-care medical reference, historical digital archives and e-books. EBSCO serves the content needs of all medical professionals (doctors, nurses, medical librarians, social workers, hospital administrators, etc.). The company’s product lines include proprietary databases such as CINAHL®, DynaMed™, Nursing Reference Center™, Patient Education Reference Center™, Rehabilitation Reference Center™, Rehabilitation & Sports Medicine Source™ and SocINDEX™ as well as dozens of leading licensed databases such as MEDLINE®, PsycARTICLES® and PsycINFO®. Databases are powered by EBSCOhost®, the most-used for-fee electronic resource in libraries around the world. For more information, visit the EBSCO Web site at: www.ebsco.com. EBSCO is a division of EBSCO Industries Inc., one of the largest privately held companies in the United States.